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Jackson was born and raised in Salt Lake City during the summer of '84. His parents were selfless and compassionate individuals who attempted to raise their only child to be just like them. Because of this, Jackson always maintained a prim exterior for show and managed to hide his darker personality quite well — the part of him that craved disorder and wild chaos. No one seemed to notice that he preferred trouble over anything else and he was proud to have fooled them. After attending college for only two years, Jackson decided to drop out and enroll in the police academy. He worked for the Salt Lake police department for three years until he quit for unknown reasons. Soon after, he packed

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